Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 282 286
Rank change year-on-year +12 +4 -77
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 470 564 563
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.78% 1.05% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 1.16% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 216 287 360
10th Percentile £41,531 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,495 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £81,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £128,125 £94,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £64,627 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.29% +3.40% +4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,808 48,616 49,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.95% 90.71% 89.93%
Number of salaries quoted 28,796 23,669 37,967
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,971
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.83% -5.51%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +14 417 £70,000 +3.70% 347
London +77 236 £85,000 +9.68% 77
UK excluding London -77 175 £62,500 -3.29% 328
Work from Home +19 172 £75,000 +15.38% 161
South East -25 54 £60,000 -7.69% 104
North of England -5 38 £75,000 +11.11% 59
Midlands -25 38 £62,250 -0.40% 48
West Midlands -5 25 £57,500 -9.80% 20
Yorkshire +2 21 £77,500 +19.23% 28
North West +1 16 £75,000 +7.14% 22
South West -34 16 £62,500 +0.30% 36
East of England +30 14 £60,100 -17.10% 46
Northern Ireland -2 11 £75,000 +26.20% 6
East Midlands -36 11 £80,000 +33.33% 27
Wales +5 4 £53,750 -16.16% 18
Scotland -6 3 £42,000 -29.33% 21
North East +2 1 - - 10

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (3.40%) Confluence
2 5 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.64%) CMS
4 2 (0.43%) CICS
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.43%) MTS
5 1 (0.21%) Drupal
Applications
1 13 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.85%) Trello
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (3.19%) Payment Gateway
2 7 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.06%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.85%) Shopify
5 3 (0.64%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.21%) Magento
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 71 (15.11%) SaaS
2 49 (10.43%) Azure
3 48 (10.21%) AWS
4 23 (4.89%) Power Platform
5 18 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (3.62%) GCP
7 13 (2.77%) GitHub
7 13 (2.77%) PaaS
7 13 (2.77%) Pulumi
8 10 (2.13%) GitHub Copilot
8 10 (2.13%) H2O.ai
8 10 (2.13%) OpenShift
9 6 (1.28%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.85%) Collibra
10 4 (0.85%) Google Analytics
10 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 3 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.43%) Figma
12 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.04%) Broadband
2 10 (2.13%) HTTP
3 8 (1.70%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.49%) WAN
5 6 (1.28%) LAN
5 6 (1.28%) RTP
6 5 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.06%) Wireless
7 4 (0.85%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.64%) 5G
8 3 (0.64%) Multicast
9 2 (0.43%) ATM
10 1 (0.21%) 4G
10 1 (0.21%) GPRS
10 1 (0.21%) LTE
10 1 (0.21%) Modbus
10 1 (0.21%) Network Security
10 1 (0.21%) PSTN
10 1 (0.21%) Value-Added Service
10 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.11%) Relational Database
2 20 (4.26%) Power BI
3 19 (4.04%) NoSQL
4 18 (3.83%) RDBMS
5 17 (3.62%) Metadata
6 11 (2.34%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.70%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.28%) SAP BW
9 5 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.06%) Tableau
10 4 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.64%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.64%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.43%) DB2
13 1 (0.21%) Big Data
13 1 (0.21%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 29 (6.17%) JIRA
2 13 (2.77%) Jaeger
3 4 (0.85%) ERwin
4 3 (0.64%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (0.64%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.21%) ER Studio
General
1 174 (37.02%) Social Skills
2 172 (36.60%) Finance
3 105 (22.34%) Marketing
4 89 (18.94%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (9.79%) Banking
6 42 (8.94%) Legal
7 36 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 33 (7.02%) Retail
9 31 (6.60%) Financial Institution
10 23 (4.89%) Law
10 23 (4.89%) Manufacturing
11 22 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (4.68%) Public Sector
12 20 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (3.40%) Electronics
15 15 (3.19%) Digital Economy
15 15 (3.19%) Telecoms
16 11 (2.34%) Publishing
17 10 (2.13%) Billing
Job Titles
1 131 (27.87%) Product Manager
2 71 (15.11%) Lead
3 59 (12.55%) Senior
4 30 (6.38%) Senior Manager
5 24 (5.11%) Product Owner
6 22 (4.68%) Product Lead
6 22 (4.68%) Senior Product Manager
7 19 (4.04%) Product Management Director
8 17 (3.62%) Digital Product Manager
9 16 (3.40%) Change Manager
10 14 (2.98%) Security Engineer
11 12 (2.55%) Architect
11 12 (2.55%) Data Manager
11 12 (2.55%) Developer
12 10 (2.13%) Development Engineer
12 10 (2.13%) Senior Software Development Engineer
12 10 (2.13%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (2.13%) Software Development Engineer
12 10 (2.13%) Software Engineer
12 10 (2.13%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.26%) REST
2 13 (2.77%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (2.77%) OpenTelemetry
2 13 (2.77%) YAML
3 10 (2.13%) Keras
3 10 (2.13%) PyTorch
3 10 (2.13%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.28%) .NET
5 5 (1.06%) EDI
5 5 (1.06%) FastAPI
5 5 (1.06%) Flask
6 4 (0.85%) JSON
6 4 (0.85%) Node.js
6 4 (0.85%) OAuth
6 4 (0.85%) SAML
6 4 (0.85%) SOAP
6 4 (0.85%) XML
7 3 (0.64%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (0.64%) React
Miscellaneous
1 81 (17.23%) Product Ownership
2 56 (11.91%) Onboarding
3 33 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (5.53%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.77%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.77%) Security Posture
6 10 (2.13%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.91%) Social Media
8 8 (1.70%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.70%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.49%) IoT
9 7 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 7 (1.49%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.28%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.06%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.06%) Data Fabric
11 5 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.85%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.62%) Linux
2 13 (2.77%) Unix
3 4 (0.85%) Windows
4 2 (0.43%) zOS
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (51.06%) Roadmaps
2 193 (41.06%) Agile
3 135 (28.72%) Product Roadmap
4 116 (24.68%) Product Strategy
5 106 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (19.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 89 (18.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 75 (15.96%) Analytics
8 75 (15.96%) User Experience
9 74 (15.74%) AI
10 70 (14.89%) Mentoring
11 68 (14.47%) Information Security
12 62 (13.19%) Decision-Making
13 61 (12.98%) Product Vision
14 58 (12.34%) Computer Science
15 55 (11.70%) User Stories
16 53 (11.28%) Project Management
17 52 (11.06%) Business Development
17 52 (11.06%) Coaching
18 49 (10.43%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 44 (9.36%) Python
2 36 (7.66%) SQL
3 30 (6.38%) Java
4 17 (3.62%) Go
5 14 (2.98%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.77%) Bash
6 13 (2.77%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.06%) C#
8 3 (0.64%) C++
9 2 (0.43%) COBOL
9 2 (0.43%) JCL
9 2 (0.43%) PHP
9 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.21%) R
10 1 (0.21%) Scala
10 1 (0.21%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 104 (22.13%) Degree
2 47 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 45 (9.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (7.02%) Security Cleared
5 21 (4.47%) SC Cleared
6 15 (3.19%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.91%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.91%) MBA
8 8 (1.70%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.49%) PMP
10 4 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.85%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.64%) CISM
11 3 (0.64%) CISSP
11 3 (0.64%) CSPO
11 3 (0.64%) HNC
12 2 (0.43%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.43%) CITP
12 2 (0.43%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.38%) QA
2 20 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.62%) Accessibility
3 17 (3.62%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.40%) NIST
5 14 (2.98%) NCSC
6 6 (1.28%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.06%) IFRS
7 5 (1.06%) SLA
8 4 (0.85%) GDPR
8 4 (0.85%) PMO
8 4 (0.85%) SEPA
9 3 (0.64%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.43%) COREP
10 2 (0.43%) FINREP
10 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.21%) GRC
11 1 (0.21%) PSD2
System Software
1 18 (3.83%) Docker
2 3 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.64%) vSphere
3 2 (0.43%) RACF
4 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.21%) Firmware
4 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (3.83%) Kubernetes
1 18 (3.83%) Terraform
2 13 (2.77%) Ansible
2 13 (2.77%) Argo
2 13 (2.77%) Kustomize
2 13 (2.77%) Prometheus
3 4 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 44 (9.36%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.96%) Google
3 19 (4.04%) Salesforce
4 15 (3.19%) Databricks
5 12 (2.55%) SAP
6 11 (2.34%) Dell
7 10 (2.13%) NVIDIA
8 6 (1.28%) Foundry
8 6 (1.28%) Oracle
8 6 (1.28%) Zoho
9 5 (1.06%) Adobe
10 4 (0.85%) Sage
10 4 (0.85%) YouTube
11 3 (0.64%) Apple
11 3 (0.64%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.64%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.64%) ION Trading
11 3 (0.64%) Patsystems
11 3 (0.64%) Reuters
11 3 (0.64%) Tenable